I have just slapped together a bench that is cheap and just a mini-me step up from a regular old shop table. That is, it has wood holding devices and a little bit of planning.

I liked both the English and French styles of benches, so, since I wasn’t dropping some serious coin on the bench, I decided to make a Franken-version of the the two styles in one. I’ll report later how it is working. Still missing a leg vise and sliding deadman. It’s likely I’ll be more British than French until I get the Oohlala into a more finished form.